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You have a verifier and so does your customer, but the two don’t agree. What to do? Different verifiers will produce varying results. This is not uncommon. Expect slight discrepancies. [...]

There is an old saying I heard years ago—I don’t know where it came from: “If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” Having the right tool is important, and not all of them [...]

Packaging a medical device is the final step in a long process. The device’s form factor, dimensions, and marketing are considerations in packaging, but FDA regulations do not simply [...]

Some companies verify their barcodes, while others don’t. Whatever side of the divide they occupy, all of them have their reasons. Those who do not are the most interesting. Here are some of the [...]

Will GS1 Digital Link eliminate the need for barcode verification? It seems that scanning with a smartphone is nearly foolproof—customers often report that when their verifier fails to read the [...]

              Here are some impressive numbers from Black Friday 2025. About 53.04 million people visited US retail stores. This was a 1.17% increase from 2024 [...]

Got a bad barcode? Here’s what to do. First, take a deep breath. You are not in this alone. At ANY step in this process—including right now, you can call us. We can talk you through some simple [...]

Another emerging technology is infiltrating barcodes. This has become a familiar pattern, and with merit. Several years ago, RFID was predicted to replace barcodes, and it did replace barcodes in [...]

After more than 50 years, barcodes are still relevant and viable. The demise of barcodes was predicted almost from the start. The first threat was RFID, the next was digital watermarking. RFID [...]

The Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) requires electronic, interoperable systems to trace prescription drugs at the package level across the U.S. supply chain, aiming to prevent counterfeit, [...]